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Almost every boys' school story in the English language owes something to Thomas Hughes' novel "Tom Brown's Schooldays".

Unlike the heroes of school stories like Tom Brown, Billy Bunter's school career is a long series of stolen cakes, cunning plans, and being booted for his misdemeanours.

P.G. Wodehouse's early school stories provide a fascinating contrast to his later work.

Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings stories continued the traditional boys' boarding school novel to the end of the twentieth century.

Nigel Molesworth, hero of the hilarious series by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle, is everything a schoolboy shouldn't be - irreverent, cynical, mordant and amoral.

Though usually discussed as fantasy novels, the Harry Potter books are part of the long tradition of British school stories.

Two universities, each subdivided into many colleges - spire inspirations for many writers and works of fantasy...fatal, freakish, and fairytale stories from Oxbridge.

Trees provide several sources of nourishment in the winter wilds, but they generally require more processing than greens and are not as palatable.

Everything you need to know about the perfect game. Well, almost.

Continuing the guide to the "musts" of the poetry, prose, and plays of eighteenth and nineteenth century British writers and their works...

Flashman is a fictional character forced to don roles ranging from soldier to slave trader, unwillingly caught in the middle of the 19th century's biggest events.

The historic little town of Rugby is a perfect weekend getaway for couples or families who want a little of everything - history, great food, shops, and cozy lodgings.

Twig bark is available year-round, but fall is the time to harvest the stems of fibrous plants for making cordage, otherwise known as string.

Once you have collected stalks of milkweed or dogbane, or twigs of basswood or elm, you must detach the bark, since the fibrous inner bark will be used to make string.

Florida State, Florida A&M, and the State Capitol all have large populations of people coming into Tallahassee, Florida. As a result, the city has plenty to visitors.

The cocktail is an American invention and its history is told at the Museum of the American Cocktail's New Orleans and New York locations.

Mullein is an easy plant to identify, with its towering flower stalks and thick leaves like flannel that stay green even in winter.

The ABCs of poetry, prose, and plays of influential eighteenth and nineteenth century writers and their works...

Secret Service agents arrested Raymond Geisel for threatening presidential candidate Barack Obama. What did he do wrong, was there a crime?

Fictional accounts with Afghan characters or settings are relatively hard to find. Here are four novels to read from the safety of your armchair.

Penguin has republished the classic Molesworth books from the 1950s. This new review asks: do they stand the test of time? Are they of another time and place, now past?

Jewelweed, widely known as a poison ivy remedy, is abundant in damp areas, blooming throughout the second half of summer and into the fall.

Baseball history is filled with records and trivia. The following pitchers contributed to these by having no-hitters either early or late in their careers.

The girls' school story survived scorn from literary critics and competition from series like Sweet Valley High, maintaining its place in our reading culture.

Argued over and insisted upon, the apostrophe is one of the favourite issues of grammar pedants. But they may not be as correct as they think...

The Grey Gables Bed and Breakfast Inn on the outskirts of Rugby, a Victorian village on the Cumberland Plateau, provides a delightful experience for a weekend getaway.